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sonia , 07 Dec 2008

i'm new, i wanted to know if any of you guys cut off scabs so you can eat them...

hello, i've been eating/picking my skin since is was little, i started doing it because i wanted to be a snake and shed my skin... i was wierd. anyway, i cut off the scabs on my fingers using nailcutters and then i eat them, is that really strange? i love eating dry skin... i used to want to eat the skin on my feet but i never went that far. so i just wanted to know if any of you really enjoy eating your skin, like i do, or if its just wierd. thansks
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Gold22
December 12, 2008
I've done that before, All of us have a different "Point of no return" thing we get into while picking our skin, Don't feel weird, I've done that a plenty
someone
December 23, 2008
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Im only thirteen i got the problem but im never going to go that far! What the hell are you doing, you have to stop. This website is not to pourish your thoughts every where it is to ask for help. Dont do it, i understand I have it to. It's for your own good. God forbid anything happens to ya. Im with ya! bye
Alis
December 12, 2008
I cannot say I have ever gone that far. I will pick scabs off of my scalp and eat them. I would also use my teeth to clean out any skin caught under my nails. I don't know what started it, but I've done it since I was a little kid.
Kris13tina
December 13, 2008
I do that too and have been for years. (I'm 21 now...) I think it's moreso a "instinct thing'" but not sure. I have picked for about 5 years now, and am getting worse. I pick my scalp, face, neck/hairline, upper arms, butt, around my nipples (seriously), shoulders, husband (and guilty a few times on my 1-year old), ingrown hairs, cuticles, back, ears (in and out), pubic area, legs, etc. I also pick scabs in all those areas until they scar...bad...my husbands back has scabs from a year ago (that I started picking in our old apartment, thats how i know the length of time) and still are huge scars, occassionally flaking for my personal picking pleasure... I have recently discovered I have Dermatillomania, but have no insurance so I don't think I can get treatment. I used to want to be a model, my skin was GORGEOUS. Not anymore. Wish you all luck! ~Kristina

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